5 FAQs on Pledge of Shares & Taxation

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The ” pledge ” word is very common term for borrower and lenders or bankers and financial institutions, because this term comes in practice on day to day basis for them. Pledging shares to obtain margin or loan from bank is most common for businessmen , therefore , at various points question related to the transaction of “pledge of...

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Capital Gains Exemption on Sale of Gifted Property !

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The confusion regarding capital gains on sale of property received as gift from relative is very common among  tax payers. One such tax payer, a subscriber to this blog Sri Som Rajan , has  asked by mail “Whether sale of gifted property is exempt from  LT capital gain, e.g. land gifted by parents.”.Since the question asked by...

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Period of Holding : How to Compute in 11 Situations ?

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Period of holding of a capital asset is very important step in determination of liability of capital gains. If you are holding shares or mutual fund units or other securities  and sold through stock exchange , it shall be tax free if it is held for 12 months or more before sale . Similarly, other assets...

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Capital Gains: Date of Purchase or Sale Not Excluded for Computing Period of Holdings !

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The tax rate for long term capital gains on listed shares sold through recognized stock exchange is NIL and the short term capital gains is 15 % for listed shares.How do you consider a capital asset as long term or short term is given in section 2 (42A) of the Income tax Act which states...

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Section 54EC: Sales Consideration or Only Gains Should Be Invested !

Section 54EC of the Income Tax Act provides exemption provision in case of long term capital gains . The confusion actually in the mind of the tax payer starts when he has to decide how much he/ she has to invest in the specified bonds of section 54EC . The real confusion is about whether...

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